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To '''shut down''' or '''power off''' a computer is to [[switch|remove power]] from a computer's main components in a controlled way. After a computer is shut down, main components such as [[Central processing unit|CPU]]s, [[Random-access memory|RAM]] modules and [[hard disk drive]]s are powered down, although some internal components, such as an internal clock, may retain power.

==Implementations==

The shutdown feature and [[command (computing)|command]] is available in [[Microsoft]] [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]],<ref>[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-xp/bb491003(v%3dtechnet.10) Shutdown | Microsoft Docs]</ref> [[ReactOS]],<ref>https://github.com/reactos/reactos/blob/master/base/applications/shutdown/shutdown.c</ref> [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] [[HP Multi-Programming Executive|MPE/iX]],<ref>[http://h20628.www2.hp.com/km-ext/kmcsdirect/emr_na-c01687363-4.pdf MPE/iX Commands Reference Manual -– HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems -– Edition 11]</ref> and in a number of [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] operating systems such as [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[macOS]].

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*[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/shutdown shutdown | Microsoft Docs]

*[http://www.shutdown.cc shutdown.cc] &ndash;– an article about various ways of automated and manual shutting down of Microsoft Windows

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